Donald Harington Bücher

Mit diesem wunderbar respektlosen Comic-Roman wendet sich Harington von den menschlichen Bewohnern der Stadt Stay More in den Arkansas Ozarks ab und richtet seinen Blick auf die Insektenwelt. In der Darstellung der Kakerlaken-Gemeinschaft, die auf Gitalongs umherstreifen, ihre Umgebung durch Schnüffelstöcke wahrnehmen und unwissentlich Missverständnisse über die geheimnisvolle Welt der Menschen (und Frauen) begehen, entfaltet Harington eine lebhafte, skurrile Fantasie.

Corrupt politicians of Stay More, Arkansas, frame Nail Chism for rape and sentence him to death in 1914, while Viridis Monday, an artist trained in Paris, draws trial sketches and decides that Chism is not guilty.

Jacob and Noah Ingledew trudge 600 miles from their native Tennessee to found Stay More, a small town nestled in a narrow valley that winds among the Arkansas Ozarks and into the reader's imagination. The Ingledew saga - which follows six generations of 'Stay Morons' through 140 years of abundant living and prodigal loving - is the heart of Harrington's novel. Praised as one of the year's ten best novels by the American Library Association when first published, this tale continues to captivate readers with its fusion of lyricism and comedy.